Rory Michael Kinnear is an English actor and playwright who has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre. In 2014, he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Shakespeare’s villain Iago in the National Theatre production of Othello.
Quick Facts About Rory Michael Kinnear
Basic Info
- Full Names: Rory Michael Kinnear
- Popular As: Rory Kinnear
- Gender: Male
- Occupation: Actors Actresses — Actor and Playwright
- Nationality: American
- Ethnicity: White
- Religion: Christianity
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
Birthday
- Date of Birth: 17/02/1978
- Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
Body Measurements
- Height: 183 cm
- Weight: 81 kg
- Eye Color: Blue
- Hair Color: Black
Family and Relationship
- Father: Roy Kinnear
- Mother: Carmel Cryan
- Siblings:
- Karina Kinnear (Sister)
- Kirsty Kinnear (Sister)
- Marital Status: Married
- Spouse: Pandora Colin
- Children:
- Riley (Son)
- Hope (Son)
Net Worth and Salary
- Net Worth: $4M USD
- Source of Income: Actor and Playwright
Life and Career
- Education:
- Tower House School
- St Paul's School, London (1991)
- Balliol College, Oxford, English
- The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- Awards:
- British Independent Film Award (Best Supporting actor) — 2012
- Laurence Olivier Award (Best Actor) — 2013
- Bafta TV Awards (Best Supporting actor) — 2013
- Broadcasting Press Guild Award (Best Actor) — 2014
Rory Kinnear Biography
Rory Kinnear is an English award-winning Actor and Playwright, who was born and brought up in Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom. He is widely known for his role in the Showtime television series ‘Penny Dreadful’ as The Creature (Frankenstein’s monster), earning him a Satellite Award and a nomination for the Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television.
He is also known for his appearances and roles in ‘Black Mirror’ as Prime Minister Michael Callow, ‘The Imitation Game’ as Detective Nock, ‘Southcliffe’ as David Whitehead, and in ‘Peterloo’ as Henry Hunt.
Rory Kinnear Age
Kinnear is 47 years old, he was born on February 17, 1978, in Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom. He celebrates his birthday on 17 February every year, and his birth sign is Aquarius.
Rory Kinnear Height
Rory Kinnear stands at a height of 6 feet 0 inches (1.83m).
Rory Kinnear Weight
Kinnear weighs 82 kg (181 lbs).
Early Life and Education
Born on February 17, 1978, in Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom, Rory went to Tower House School, and later transferred to St Paul’s School, London in 1991. He then attended Balliol College, Oxford, where he pursued English. Later, he enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Rise to Fame and Breakthrough Moment
- Kinnear gained fame when he won two Olivier Awards, both at the National Theatre, for playing the William Shakespeare villain Iago in Othello in 2014, and in 2008 for his portrayal of Sir Fopling Flutter in The Man of Mode.
Major Achievements and Contributions
- He played Bill Tanner in four James Bond films: No Time to Die (2021), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015), and Quantum of Solace (2008); and in various video games of the franchise. Kinnear also played Dave Fishwick in Bank of Dave (2023) and Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger (2025).
- Also, his other film roles include Broken (2012), for which he won a British Independent Film Award, The Imitation Game (2014), Men (2022), and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024).
- He played Angelo in Measure for Measure in 2010 at the Almeida Theatre, and also the same year, he played the title role in Hamlet at the National Theatre. The two depictions won him the best actor award in the Evening Standard Drama Awards for 2010.
Personal Life
Rory Kinnear Family, Parents
Kinnear was born in Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom, to his parents, Roy Kinnear (father) and Carmel Cryan (mother). His father is an actor, while his mother is an actress.
Rory Kinnear Siblings
He spent his childhood with his two sisters named Kirsty and Karina Kinnear. His elder sister Karina died in May 2020 from COVID-19 at the age of 48.
Rory Kinnear Wife
Kinnear is currently married to his wife, Pandora Colin, an actress. The couple began dating in 2002 and later got engaged. They are blessed with two children, a son named Riley, born in 2010, and a daughter named Hope, who was born in 2014.
His wife, Pandora Colin, was born on April 19, 1972, in Westminster, London, England, as Pandora Beatrice Ormsby-Gore. Pandora is widely known for ‘Chernobyl’ (2019), ‘The Lady in the Van’ (2015), and ‘Penny Dreadful’ (2014).
Rory Kinnear Children
Kinnear, together with his wife Pandora are proud parents of two children, a son named Riley, born in 2010, and a daughter named Hope, who was born in 2014.
Rory Kinnear Net Worth
Rory Kinnear has an estimated net worth of $4 million. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as an Actor and Playwright. Through his various sources of income, Kinnear has been able to accumulate a good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.
Penny Dreadful
In Showtime’s Penny Dreadful, Rory portrayed “The Creature”. “The creature” is a man who has been brought back from the dead, reanimated by the medical craft of Victor Frankenstein. The only thing that is his own is his soul, but even he questions whether he really has one.
He is Victor’s first creation, his “firstborn”. After experiencing the cruelty and mercy of man the Creature only wants one thing in this world, love. Someone like him who can share his life with and finally find the happiness that he so desperately longs for.
Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels
Rory plays one of the main characters, “Peter Craft” on Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels”. Peter Craft is a successful German pediatrician and the head of the German-American Bund, an organization he hopes will keep the United States isolated from the growing threat of war in Europe.
Black Mirror
Rory plays the role of Prime Minister “Michel Callow” in Black Mirror. Michael Callow was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and is the protagonist of The National Anthem.
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